A recording of a meeting of the „Democratic Bulgaria“ /DB/ parliamentary group is circulating on the social network. It reveals what is happening behind the scenes of the negotiations between BSP, DB, „We Continue the Change“ and „There is Such a people“ /TISP for the formation of a possible future government. The meeting was broadcast on the parliamentary website. Hristo Ivanov is heard making a comment on the election of the chairman of the Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property. The voice on the recording says:
„We Continue the Change“ said that this is a precondition for accepting support from TISP. And ITN say: „We accept it in the first reading, and we will vote on the second when there is an elected cabinet“ with the argument that there are many corrections that need to be made. Meanwhile, „We Continue the Change“, in the person of their parliamentary wing – not Lena Borislavova, but their parliamentary wing, took the position that the law should be seriously revised. Toshko says: „No, no, we will vote it after the government is elected, because we want to make sure that if you make a bat, we are in the coalition that will run that bat. Otherwise, we will not vote you a bat, which then, let’s go to elections, and you will control it.„
Then the voice continues: „From my point of view, it was very important to initially ask the question of who will lead the negotiations from the TISP side and what these negotiations will be about, TISP is currently receiving the status of tolerated members of the ruling coalition, which reduces their negatives they had so far. I think it was smart to say, „If you’re not going to change the group chair, at least appoint another negotiating team.“ Besides, let’s say at the outset that you will have no ministers. Cornelia said yesterday that it is not known whether they will still ask Grozdan Karadzhov to be again…The possibility to still address the main problem of the PP, related to who they are talking to and the possibility to get out of the conversation at all about who the ministers are of Slavi. Because that is where the whole problem begins: this about Slavi’s ministers, his money, his ministries, the people whom only he trusts, etc. That is, Korneliya has not solved this problem in any way, and I expect that this thing will lead to a strong blockage in the second stage. We saw this at this meeting as well – Toshko and Mrs. Miteva arrived and started behaving as if nothing had happened – brash, arrogant, etc. I mean, for me, Korneliya – I don’t know why, perhaps out of a misunderstanding, she missed an important opportunity at the very beginning of the negotiations to clear up some issues, and I suspect that next week they will lead to a fatal short circuit. Like when Asen Vassilev should talk to Toshko Yordanov, or what ministerial post Kiril Petkov will take, or who the ministers of Slavi will be.“
After the disclosures, GERB called on the Head of State to invite Kornelya Ninova and to submit the name of the candidate for prime minister by 5:00 p.m. on July 26.
The leaked recording mentions that the BSP leader said the party would hold the third term until August 15 and the elections would be held on October 16.
